View along of the Hugus Block, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado; two story brick and stone building that housed a mercantile and Bank of Meeker where three bank robbers botched their crime on October 13, 1896. A horse drawn carriage parks in...

A large crowd is gathered outside the Golden Eagle Dry Goods building at 16th (Sixteenth) and Lawrence Streets in Denver, Colorado after robbers dynamited two safes. Signs on the building read: "100,000 Mark Down Sale."

Map of the trails and landmarks in the Rocky Mountain region used by the pioneers in the westward migration shows Oregon Trail, Overland Trail, and Mormon Trail routes. Lettering reads: "1. Buffaloes roamed the plains east of the Rocky Mountains....

Patrolmen Lawrence Stone inspects the damage after an attempted robbery at the Golden Eagle Dry Goods Store in Denver, Colorado located at 16th (Sixteenth) and Lawrence Streets. Robbers had successfully blown up this smaller safe.

A detective looks over the Golden Eagle Department store the morning after a failed robbery. Robbers had attempted to blow up the store safes which contained $35,000 in cash. Shows shelves and tables of store merchandise. Signs hang from the...

Police officers and detectives stand next to the damaged safe of the Golden Eagle Dry Goods Department Store in Denver, Colorado. Robbers had attempted to blow up this safe which contained $30,000 open but only managed to bend one safe door open....